Marvel's LEGION TV show by FX

[Killercroc357]

Please forgive me if this type thread has been started already. I went back and searched, and couldn't find anything on the topic. If I missed it, consider me a newbie to this internet thingamabob.



February 8th can't come soon enough based on the marketing campaign.

[Killercroc357]

And more is on the way.

[Midvillian1322]

And more is on the way.

I like the the homage to the comicbook look in this poster,

[SpiderClops]

I really hope this show turns out good.

[MarvelMaster616]

Really looking forward to this show. It feels like one of those shows that's really wants to be something different. DC has established a winning formula with its CW shows. Marvel has found a winning formula with its Netflix shows. Now, Fox needs to find that formula with its X-men shows. Hope this show can establish that. It's a novel concept, focusing on a character like Legion. If it works, it can open the door to more X-men shows.

[Killercroc357]

Really looking forward to this show. It feels like one of those shows that's really wants to be something different. DC has established a winning formula with its CW shows. Marvel has found a winning formula with its Netflix shows. Now, Fox needs to find that formula with its X-men shows. Hope this show can establish that. It's a novel concept, focusing on a character like Legion. If it works, it can open the door to more X-men shows.

I have to agree. I've always been more an X-Franchise reader and fan for years with Marvel Comics. So to see this universe treated right like X-Men: First Class and Days of Future Past did for the movies would be great. And since there is already another X-Men TV show waiting in the wings ( Fox Orders Pilot of Marvel X-Men Based TV Series ) but on the Fox channel, this could expand quickly. Interesting, as Fox currently runs 'Lucifer' and 'Gotham' as well. So scheduling competing properties will be a slight balancing act.

They killed off the Hellfire Club concept, which I was wondering how that would move forward anyway as a standalone show.

[Killercroc357]

[Darth Phoenix]

I kinda want to be excited but it feels to much like Lost or such. get ready for the last episode to be it was all in his head or he uncreated everything he did by removing himself from existance.

[Killercroc357]

[Killercroc357]

‘Legion’ Review: A Stunning, Challenging, Fantastically Human Journey

What makes Legion’s story so compelling (and this is based on Hawley’s interpretation of it — I have not read the comics) is how it expresses itself through the framework of mental illness. The world doesn’t understand David, and he’s diagnosed as schizophrenic at a young age. In many ways the diagnosis does make sense: he’s plagued by a litany of voices, hallucinations, and rage blackouts. He has trouble controlling himself, and picks up a drug habit that helps quiet some of the mental storm. But even though Legion subverts this idea of illness, and instead makes it a power, it doesn’t save him.

Legion plays a lot with themes of identity and memory and emotion, and if the key to visual storytelling is to show and not tell, well, Legion grasps onto that wholeheartedly. But above all, it’s a deeply considered portrait of mental illness. Even if David’s schizophrenia is actually part of a mutant power, it’s also still literally angry voices in his head fighting to control him and his actions. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a problem for his daily life, and something he has struggled with since he was a young boy. The X-Men have always been a stand-in for outsiders, for people who feel persecuted or just different from the rest of the world. David’s journey is Legion is his own, but we’re connected to it, too.

Overall Rating: ★★★★★ Excellent — Awards material

Go man go!

[numberthirty]

Well, this was certainly worth the wait.

[Killercroc357]

Finally got to see the pilot. OUTSTANDING!

And the fat, yellow-eyed man was quite the interesting tease. Which leads me to believe David may be in a world within a world so he can be studied further. And manipulated.

[Killercroc357]

Legion Producer Explains How Professor Xavier Fits Into The Show

In an interview with IGN, Lauren Shuler Donner took time to speak about Legion and was asked how Professor Xavier would play a role in the show. As readers know, the wise telepath fathered David with Gabrielle Haller, but Donner is warning fans that Legion won’t dive into that mystery quite yet.

“We just don't want to get into the Xavier world, because that's not what this show is about,” she explained.

“Probably the driving mystery is, yes, who is David? But not in that sense. It's more, "Is David schizophrenic? Is he crazy? Or does he have powers?" That is the mystery. "Who is David?””

When asked whether the decision to avoid Professor Xavier was an intentional one, Donner said it was. However, the producer promised the show touches on the topic here and there.

[SpiderClops]

If anyone wants to, they can discuss Legion tv show or any of the X-Men tv show/movies for that matter on this thread, too.

[Killercroc357]

If anyone wants to, they can discuss Legion tv show or any of the X-Men tv show/movies for that matter on this thread, too.

That's my bad in searching for TV show discussions in the Media section versus in the Comic Book section. But then when I searched in the Comic Book section, I found multiple threads on the same topic.

X-MEN CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

FOR WE ARE MANY: LEGION APPRECIATION

Legion Appreciation Thread

LEGION THE TV SHOW. UH THANKS BUT NO.

HOW DO LEGION'S POWERS WORK?

LEGION T.V. SERIES TRAILER

And I bet if I dig, there are many more. So if it is okay with you, maybe we keep the TV discussion here in the Media section so as not to detract from the Comic Book section discussion. But I appreciate you pointing out one of the threads. No offense meant to you - or anyone else.